Dakota Gold (DC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Dakota Gold Corp (NYSE:DC) is a mineral exploration and development company focused on advancing gold projects within the United States. The company’s primary asset is the historic Homestake District in South Dakota’s Black Hills, where it seeks to redevelop gold-bearing tailings and low‐grade ore volumes for open‐pit heap leach processing. Dakota Gold pursues a staged approach, combining exploration, resource delineation and economic studies to unlock value from legacy mine materials.

The firm’s flagship property comprises sealed tailings impoundments and adjacent low‐grade stockpiles left over from the Homestake Gold Mine, which operated from 1876 until 2002. By applying modern extraction techniques and metallurgical methods, Dakota Gold aims to recover gold that remained economically marginal during earlier operations. The company has completed initial drilling and metallurgical test work, and is advancing a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) to evaluate project viability.

Historically, the Homestake Gold Mine produced more than 40 million ounces of gold over a span of 125 years, making it one of the largest and longest‐running gold operations in North America. Dakota Gold acquired its South Dakota interests after the mine’s closure and subsequent corporate transactions, inheriting valuable land packages, mineral rights and water rights. In addition to its core footprint, the company holds strategic exploration acreage proximate to the former mine workings.

Led by President and Chief Executive Officer Russell Starr, Dakota Gold’s management team combines experience in project development, environmental permitting and capital markets. The company is headquartered in Reno, Nevada, and maintains a regional presence in Lead, South Dakota, fostering relationships with local stakeholders and regulatory agencies. Dakota Gold continues to advance its technical programs toward feasibility and permitting milestones, with the goal of delivering a low‐cost gold operation for regional stakeholders.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $5.89 to $6.14
• 50-Day Range: $4.16 to $6.39
• 52-Week Range: $3.79 to $7.25
• Volume: 583,555 shs
• Average Volume: 1.56 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $815.10 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $12.44
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy

Dakota Gold Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Dakota Gold scored higher than 51% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 157th out of 229 stocks in the materials sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Moderate Buy

Consensus Rating

Dakota Gold has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.80, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 4 buy ratings, 1 hold rating, and no sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Dakota Gold has a consensus price target of $12.44, representing about 108.9% upside from its current price of $5.96.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Dakota Gold has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Dakota Gold is -14.53, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Dakota Gold is -14.53, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Dakota Gold has a P/B Ratio of 5.00. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for DC.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Dakota Gold does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Dakota Gold does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.68

News Sentiment

Dakota Gold has a news sentiment score of 1.68. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.71 average news sentiment score of Materials companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Dakota Gold this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Search Interest

8 people have searched for DC on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 14% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

6 people have added Dakota Gold to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 500% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Dakota Gold insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

8.50% of the stock of Dakota Gold is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

37.41% of the stock of Dakota Gold is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Today: 9/08/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Materials
• Industry: Metals & Mining
• Sub-Industry: Gold
• Current Symbol: NYSE:DC
• CIK: 1852353
• Web: www.dakotagoldcorp.com
• Phone: 605-717-2540
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 20
• Year Founded: 2020

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Dakota Gold: $12.44
• High Price Target: $18.00
• Low Price Target: $10.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +104.1%
• Consensus Rating: Moderate Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.80
• Research Coverage: 5 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): ($0.30)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: -$36.45 million
• Net Margins: N/A
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -37.64%
• Return on Assets: -35.60%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: N/A
• Current Ratio: 2.17
• Quick Ratio: 2.17

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: N/A
• Price / Sales: N/A
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: N/A
• Book Value: $1.19 per share
• Price / Book: 5.12

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 134,173,000
• Free Float: 69,859,000
• Market Cap: $817.78 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.23